Scottish Mountains
On two separate occasions I set aside a day to drive up to Fort William and climb The Ben, however the weather was poor with frequent low cloud and rain. A waste of time! Then towards the end of last week I saw a break in the weather for this week and Tuesday was free and set aside straight […]
Another weekend and another trip to the mountains! It’s Saturday, July 16, 2016 01.00am, not quite the journey by road we faced with Liatach or Conival, Ben More Assynt but what we lost in road miles we most certainly gained on foot with this trip. I met up with my good friend Petr in Cumbernauld at the unearthly hour […]
Exactly 2 weeks after our last trip to Sutherland and summiting my 9-10th munro, Conival and Ben More Assynt, we’re back on the overnight road again. As usual, Petr and I meet at his house and this time we set off at 10.30pm Saturday June 18, 2016 along the M80 with the wild beauty of Torridon in our sights. After […]
An epic trip to bring in my 10th and friend and climbing partner, Petr’s 163rd munro and 17th in the last 30 days. In short, up at 10pm Saturday June 4th, met Petr at his house at 11.15pm and departed Cumbernauld at 11.30pm for the near 5 hour, 239 mile overnight drive to the Northwest Highlands and specifically the beautiful settlement of […]
Up and away at 5.30am sharp on Friday 20 May, I set off for Glen Coe and the iconic Buachaille Etive Mor Stob Dearg. One of Scotland’s most famous and photographed munro’s. This mountain never fails to catch my eye on my frequent drives up to Fort William. Having arrived at 7.15am, the popular and often congested Altnafeadh layby was empty. Before […]
On Sunday, 21 February 2016, my friend Petr Kolegar and myself took off from a rainy Cumbernauld at 4am for the Cairngorms, despite a poor weather forecast, I wanted to experience what winter had to offer in the Scottish mountains. Without the experience and knowledge of Czech born, Petr, I would not have attempted this myself. We both knew […]
My target for 2016 is to climb at least 3 munro’s (Scottish mountain above 3,000ft) and by that I mean entirely on foot and not using mechanical aid such as chair lifts etc. At 5am Wednesday (13th) morning, I scraped the frost off my car and set off for Aonach Mor, located roughly 7 miles N of Fort William. […]
Well I took my first trip up Cairngorm Mountain yesterday. Leaving the house at 5.30am I drove up the A9 exiting at Aviemore and Coylumbridge and reached the car park at the base of Cairn Gorm around 8.30am. When leaving the car, skies were part cloudy, air temp +3C with even sunshine peeking through but during the climb, […]
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